AN UNSUSPECTING fragment from one of Bach’s cello suites mustn’t have known what hit it, as Trio HLK, joined by percussion virtuoso Dame Evelyn Glennie, hijacked it amid a melee of heavy-metal intensity.
With Glennie’s vibraphone ringing and Ant Law’s eight-stringed guitar howling ferociously over slams from pianist Richard Harrold and drummer Richard Kass, The Jig as they cursorily titled it, was the climax and arguably the highlight of a striking launch concert for the trio’s debut album, Standard Time. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh ****